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Huge list of Halloween Events in the Triangle – costume parties, ghost tours, more

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Jody Mace

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Celebrate Halloween in the Triangle with Halloween movies, zombie walks, haunted tours, trunk or treat events, and more. Keep checking back, because we’re adding more to the list every day! We’re including events for both kids and adults.

We focus on the “free and cheap” here on Triangle on the Cheap, so we’re passing on the frightfully pricey events.

 

Day by day list of Halloween events in the Triangle

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

P&C Holiday Lights Halloween Haunt

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | P&C Holiday Lights, Chapel Hill

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Fall Festival: trick or treating, hay maze, costume contests, more...

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Park West Village

Clayton Harvest Festival

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Horne Square (Clayton)

Durham YMCA's Trunk or Treat at Durham Central Park

5:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Durham Central Park

Deep River Sporting Clay's Family Halloween Adventure

5:30 pm | $10.00 | Deep River Sporting Clays and Shooting School, Sanford

Historical Ghost Walk in Smithfield's Riverside Cemetery

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $3.00-5.00 | Riverside Cemetery, Smithfield

P&C Holiday Lights Halloween Haunt

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | P&C Holiday Lights, Chapel Hill

Spirits of Wake Forest: ghost walks in Downtown Wake Forest

6:30 pm | $15.00 | Wake Forest Town Hall

Cinema in the Square: Ghostbuster: Afterlife

7:00 pm | FREE | Moore Square, Raleigh

Deep River Trail of Terror

8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | $18.00 | Deep River Sporting Clays and Shooting School, Sanford

Spirits of Wake Forest: ghost walks in Downtown Wake Forest

8:00 pm | $15.00 | Wake Forest Town Hall

Friday, October 28, 2022

Trick or Treat in Fuquay-Varina

2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Fuquay-Varina

Downtown Smithfield Candy Crawl

4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Historic Downtown Smithfield

Pumpkin Flotilla at Bond Park

4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Fred G. Bond Metro Park

Historic Cemetery Trolley Tour (three start times)

4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | $10.00 | Mordecai Historic Park, Raleigh

Wendell Treat Trail

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Wendell Town Park

2nd Annual Halloween Bash at Farmhouse Cafe in Wendell

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Farmhouse Cafe, Wendell

Trunk or Treat with Pittsboro Boys & Girls Club

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Pittsboro Boys & Girls Club

Siler City Fall-O-Ween and Trunk or Treat

5:30 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Bray Park Sports Complex, Siler City

Deep River Sporting Clay's Family Halloween Adventure

5:30 pm | $10.00 | Deep River Sporting Clays and Shooting School, Sanford

Trunk or Treat at Holton Center

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Holton Career and Resource Center, Durham

Selma Trunk or Treat

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Selma Civic Center

Hillsborough Halloween Spirit Tours

6:00 pm to 9:40 pm | $5.00-15.00 | Hillsborough Visitors Center

The Big Spooky -- venders, dog costume contest, music, comedy, more Oct 28-30

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Pine State Coffee, Raleigh

P&C Holiday Lights Halloween Haunt

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | P&C Holiday Lights, Chapel Hill

Duke Homestead's Halloween Phantasmagoria

6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | $10.00-15.00 | Duke Homestead

Spirits of Wake Forest: ghost walks in Downtown Wake Forest

6:30 pm | $15.00 | Wake Forest Town Hall

Deadford Manor -- animatronic singing skeleton show in a Raleigh front yard

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Deadford Manor, Raleigh

Herbert's Haunted House

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $5.00 | Herbert C. Young Community Center

Granville Haunt Farm: Drive-Through Haunted Trail

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $10.00 | Granville Haunt Farm

Haunted Car Wash at Splash Car Wash in Raleigh

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $25.00 | Splash Car Wash, Raleigh

Zombiepalooza at The Cary Theater

7:30 pm | FREE | The Cary Theater

Deep River Trail of Terror

8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | $18.00 | Deep River Sporting Clays and Shooting School, Sanford

Spirits of Wake Forest: ghost walks in Downtown Wake Forest

8:00 pm | $15.00 | Wake Forest Town Hall

Saturday, October 29, 2022

Track or Treat: Halloween Express Train Ride (4 departure times)

All Day | $14.00 | New Hope Valley Railway

Krispy Kreme: Buy a dozen doughnuts, get another dozen for $1

All Day | $1.00 | Krispy Kreme — Multiple locations

Houdini in the Park in Wendell -- free magic show for families

FREE | Wendell Town Park

Boos and Brews at Midtown Farmers' Market

8:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Midtown Farmers Market

Halloween Maplewood Cemetery Tours

9:00 am | $12.00 | Maplewood Cemetery, Durham

Pumpkin Patch Express at Museum of Life + Science

9:30 am to 4:30 pm | $15.00 | Museum of Life+Science, Durham

Spellbound Square -- family Halloween event at Moore Square

10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Moore Square, Raleigh

Halloween Bash and Market at Lafayette Village

10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Lafayette Village Raleigh

Rolesville Fall Funfest

10:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Redford Place Park, Rolesville

The Witch's Haunted Barn

10:00 am to 5:00 pm | $10.00 | Firefly Farm, Hillsborough

Halloween Bash at Lazy Hound Farms

10:00 am to 5:00 pm | $5.00 | Lazy Hound Farm

Smithfield Trunk or Treat

10:30 am to 12:30 pm | FREE | Smithfield Community Park

Free All Hallows Eve Food Tasting at The Belted Goat at Fearrington Village

10:30 am to 2:30 pm | FREE | The Belted Goat at Fearrington Village, Pittsboro

Treats 'n Fleet with Durham Police Department

11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Walmart Supercenter, Glenn School Road, Durham

Fall Festival at Woodcrest Farm (price is per vehicle)

11:00 am to 3:00 pm | $20.00 | Woodcrest Farm & Forge, Hillsborough

Historic Cemetery Trolley Tour (three start times)

11:00 am to 3:00 pm | $10.00 | Mordecai Historic Park, Raleigh

Halloween Maplewood Cemetery Tours

11:00 am | $12.00 | Maplewood Cemetery, Durham

Frankenfest -- free Halloween event in nearby Franklinton

12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Franklinton

Spirits of Boxcar Halloween Party

12:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Boxcar Bar and Arcade, Raleigh

Pop-Up Trick or Treating at the Farm, with Planet Peace Affiliates

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Planet Peace Affiliates, Raleigh

Pumpkin Picnic Festival at Mordecai Historic Park Oct 29

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Mordecai Historic Park, Raleigh

Trunk or Treat at Academy of the Performing Arts, in Apex (RSVP required; limited space)

1:30 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Academy for the Performing Arts, Apex

Cary’s Great Pumpkin Carve, including Halloween movies

2:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Old Cary Library Site

Halloween at Bass Pro Shops: trick or treating, costume parades, games and crafts

3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Bass Pro Shops

Halloween at Cabela's: trick or treating, costume parades, games and crafts

3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Cabela’s

Barktoberfest in Durham Central Park

3:30 pm to 6:30 pm | FREE | Durham Central Park

Trunk or Treat at Christ the King Church in Durham, including hot dog dinner

4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Christ the King Community Church, Durham

Gethsemane Lutheran Church's Annual Trunk or Treat

4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Raleigh

Trunk or Treat in Angier

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Jack Marley Park, Angier

Trunk or Treat at Sanderford Road

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Sanderford Road Park, Raleigh

Costume Parade and Live music with Popcorn Blue Band

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Honeysuckle Tea House, Chapel Hill

Hillsborough Halloween Spirit Tours

5:00 pm to 9:40 pm | $5.00-15.00 | Hillsborough Visitors Center

Saxapa-Halloween Oktoberfest -- live music, harvest market, costume contest, Halloween dance and more

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | The Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw

Deep River Sporting Clay's Family Halloween Adventure

5:30 pm | $10.00 | Deep River Sporting Clays and Shooting School, Sanford

Edward's Battle Haunted House -- free walk-thru attraction raises money for critically ill children

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Edward’s Battle Haunted House, Raleigh

The Big Spooky -- venders, dog costume contest, music, comedy, more Oct 28-30

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Pine State Coffee, Raleigh

P&C Holiday Lights Halloween Haunt

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | P&C Holiday Lights, Chapel Hill

Spirits of Wake Forest: ghost walks in Downtown Wake Forest

6:30 pm | $15.00 | Wake Forest Town Hall

Spooky Stories at Page-Walker (age 12 and older)

6:30 pm | $10.00

Deadford Manor -- animatronic singing skeleton show in a Raleigh front yard

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Deadford Manor, Raleigh

Herbert's Haunted House

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $5.00 | Herbert C. Young Community Center

Granville Haunt Farm: Drive-Through Haunted Trail

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $10.00 | Granville Haunt Farm

Haunted Car Wash at Splash Car Wash in Raleigh

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $25.00 | Splash Car Wash, Raleigh

Spirits of Wake Forest: ghost walks in Downtown Wake Forest

7:00 pm | $15.00 | Wake Forest Town Hall

Annual Raleigh Zombie Walk

7:00 pm | FREE | Moore Square, Raleigh

Spooky Stories at Page-Walker (age 12 and older)

7:45 pm | $10.00

Deep River Trail of Terror

8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | $18.00 | Deep River Sporting Clays and Shooting School, Sanford

Halloween Costume Dance Party

8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | $5.00-8.00 | Honeysuckle at Lakewood, Durham

Spirits of Wake Forest: ghost walks in Downtown Wake Forest

8:00 pm | $15.00 | Wake Forest Town Hall

Adult-only Halloween Party with Costume Contest

8:00 pm | FREE | Bull McCabe’s

Spirits of Wake Forest: ghost walks in Downtown Wake Forest

8:30 pm | $15.00 | Wake Forest Town Hall

Sunday, October 30, 2022

Pumpkin Patch Express at Museum of Life + Science

9:30 am to 4:30 pm | $15.00 | Museum of Life+Science, Durham

Fall Festival at Woodcrest Farm (price is per vehicle)

11:00 am to 3:00 pm | $20.00 | Woodcrest Farm & Forge, Hillsborough

Chill-O-Ween Kid-Friendly Halloween Movie Watch Party ($10 suggested donation)

12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | $10.00 | The Fruit, Durham

Annual Fall Festival at American Legion Post 6

12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | American Legion Post 6, Chapel Hill

Halloween at Bass Pro Shops: trick or treating, costume parades, games and crafts

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Bass Pro Shops

Halloween at Cabela's: trick or treating, costume parades, games and crafts

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Cabela’s

Halloween at Cabela's: trick or treating, costume parades, games and crafts

3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Cabela’s

Gouge Wrestling: Maul-O-Ween

3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Rebus Works, Raleigh

Trunk or Treat Car Meet at Durham County Memorial Stadium

3:00 pm to 8:00 pm | $5.00 | Durham County Memorial Stadium

Trunk or Treat at Saint Francis United Methodist Church

4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Saint Francis United Methodist Church, Cary

Chill-O-Ween Age 18+ Halloween Movie Watch Party ($10 suggested donation)

4:00 pm to 11:59 pm | $10.00 | The Fruit, Durham

Morehead Planetarium: Scare-o-lina Skies

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm | $13.95-15.95 | Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill

Trunk or Treat at Covenant Christian Church

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Covenant Christian Church, Cary

Trunk or Treat Festival

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Bay Leaf Baptist Church, Raleigh

Haunted Hill Halloween event in Chapel Hill: trunk or treat, ghost stories, and a movie

5:00 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Chapel Hill Community Center

Morehead Planetarium: Scare-o-lina Skies

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | $13.95-15.95 | Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill

Trunk or Treat at Plymouth Church in Raleigh

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Plymouth Church, Raleigh

Edward's Battle Haunted House -- free walk-thru attraction raises money for critically ill children

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Edward’s Battle Haunted House, Raleigh

The Big Spooky -- venders, dog costume contest, music, comedy, more Oct 28-30

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Pine State Coffee, Raleigh

P&C Holiday Lights Halloween Haunt

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | P&C Holiday Lights, Chapel Hill

Deadford Manor -- animatronic singing skeleton show in a Raleigh front yard

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Deadford Manor, Raleigh

Haunted Car Wash at Splash Car Wash in Raleigh

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $25.00 | Splash Car Wash, Raleigh

Granville Haunt Farm: Drive-Through Haunted Trail

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $10.00 | Granville Haunt Farm

Monday, October 31, 2022

Krispy Kreme: Free doughnut if you wear a costume

All Day | FREE | Krispy Kreme — Multiple locations

Trick or Treat at North Hills

10:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | North Hills

Vamp It Up costume party for kids

11:00 am to 12:00 pm | $1.50-6.50 | Edison Johnson Recreation Center (Durham)

Trick-or-Treat the Trail at White Deer Park in Garner

3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | White Deer Park, Garner

$6 Boorito at Chipotle on Halloween

3:00 pm | $6.00

Trick or Treat and character meet and greet (indoors)

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Crabtree Valley Mall

Trunk or Treat and Dance Party with Davis Dance Company in Durham (trunk or treat is free; dance party is $5)

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | $0-5.00 | Davis Dance Company, Durham

Fall Festival at Grace Church of Durham -- drive-in movie, trunk or treat, more

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Grace Church of Durham

34th Annual Hallow-Eno: celebrate Halloween at West Point on the Eno

5:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | West Point on the Eno, Durham

Deadford Manor -- animatronic singing skeleton show in a Raleigh front yard

5:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Deadford Manor, Raleigh

Aversboro Trunk or Treat Harvest Fest

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Aversboro Road Baptist Church, Garner

Edward's Battle Haunted House -- free walk-thru attraction raises money for critically ill children

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Edward’s Battle Haunted House, Raleigh

P&C Holiday Lights Halloween Haunt

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | P&C Holiday Lights, Chapel Hill

Haunted Car Wash at Splash Car Wash in Raleigh

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $25.00 | Splash Car Wash, Raleigh

Granville Haunt Farm: Drive-Through Haunted Trail

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $10.00 | Granville Haunt Farm

Posted by Jody Mace Filed Under: best of fall · Holiday

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